Hi,
I'm fairly ignorant of the open source develpment world, but have a little familiarity with Microsoft's visual C++. I'd like to introduce myself to the open source approach by enhancing/builidng on a simple C++ program I wrote in 1998 (visual, not console). Code::Blocks looks like what I need. Just what parts of the package should I download? E.g.: What's the difference between using the version with and without the MINGW compiler? (That's how ignorant I am. I'm a retired mainframe PL/1 applications programmer who never had to learn to be efficient.) I'm more than willing to start simple and build from there.
Best for 2006,
Bill
